Dev : Creating an Expense Inside a Report Redirects to Policy Expense Chat

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Logs: https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/4856
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Issue reported by: @aldo-expensify
Slack conversation (hyperlinked to channel name): #Expensify bugs

Action Performed:

1. Open an existing expense report
2. Tap Add Expense within the report
3. Complete the expense creation process
4. After saving, observe the navigation behavior

Expected Result:

After creating the expense, the user should remain in the expense report view, with the new expense added to that report.

Actual Result:

The user is redirected to the policy expense chat, breaking the expected flow.

Workaround:

Unknown

Platforms:

Select the officially supported platforms where the issue was reproduced:

• Android: App
• Android: mWeb Chrome
• iOS: App
• iOS: mWeb Safari
• iOS: mWeb Chrome
• Windows: Chrome
• MacOS: Chrome / Safari
• MacOS: Desktop

Platforms Tested:

On which of our officially supported platforms was this issue tested:

• Android: App
• Android: mWeb Chrome
• iOS: App
• iOS: mWeb Safari
• iOS: mWeb Chrome
• Windows: Chrome
• MacOS: Chrome / Safari
• MacOS: Desktop

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[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to @lschurr (Bug), see https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/14418 for more details. Please add this bug to a GH project, as outlined in the SO.

[lorretheboy]

Proposal

Please re-state the problem that we are trying to solve in this issue.

Creating an Expense Inside a Report Redirects to Policy Expense Chat

What is the root cause of that problem?

In the MoneyReportHeader component, when the "Create New Expense" option is selected, it doesn't pass the current expense report ID as the backToReport parameter so that after the expense is created, the user returns to the expense report instead of being redirected to the policy expense chat.

App/src/components/MoneyReportHeader.tsx

Line 615 in 5953b32

startMoneyRequest(CONST.IOU.TYPE.SUBMIT, moneyRequestReport?.reportID);

What changes do you think we should make in order to solve the problem?

Pass missing params to startMoneyRequest

                    startMoneyRequest(CONST.IOU.TYPE.SUBMIT, moneyRequestReport?.reportID, undefined, false, moneyRequestReport?.reportID);

App/src/components/MoneyReportHeader.tsx

Line 615 in 5953b32

startMoneyRequest(CONST.IOU.TYPE.SUBMIT, moneyRequestReport?.reportID);

Note: We may also can do similar to secondary button as well if needed

App/src/components/MoneyReportHeader.tsx

Line 1093 in 5953b32

startMoneyRequest(CONST.IOU.TYPE.SUBMIT, moneyRequestReport?.reportID);

What specific scenarios should we cover in automated tests to prevent reintroducing this issue in the future?

NA

What alternative solutions did you explore? (Optional)

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[truph01]

Maybe it comes from #69773

[brunovjk]

I tried a few times and couldn't reproduce it in the last main (v9.2.3-0):

MacOS: Chrome

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Can you @lorretheboy? Thanks.

[lorretheboy]

@brunovjk I can reprod the issue on latest main. Could you please check this video below.

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[brunovjk]

I can reprod the issue on latest main.

Nice, Can you try reverting our PR to see if the bug comes from there? And there's another possible regression here too, can you help me investigate? Thanks.

[lorretheboy]

@brunovjk looks like the issue is gone. It's our regression I think. Should we revert the PR, or can give me a try to open a fix for it?

[brunovjk]

Please give a try, would be great if we could fix fast, to not reverts Nevermind, looks likes it's been reverted. You can work in a PR for the original issue again, this time we must me aware for those regression.

[lorretheboy]

Noted

[aldo-expensify]

I will close this one since it ended up being handled in the deploy blocker: #70159